Walter Brueggemann Biblical faith invites us out of self-destruction toward God's generosity and abundance. ...

Chuck Collins As our economy continues to decline, "common security clubs" are one way people can support each other and take ac ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>In a plenary session titled "The Values behind Market Capitalism" yesterday at the Wor ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> As a Catholic, I have been taught about the importance of the po ...

It was hard to narrow this sermon down to a short clip -- it makes so many good points! It was hard to narrow this sermon down to a short clip -- it makes so many good points! In ...

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In 2003, <a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=about_us.reunification">Call to Renewal</a> was deeply engaged in working to have a refundable child tax credit included in that yea ...

Blessings of shalom for 2009! I have just come back from a four week visit to Zimbabwe. Blessings of shalom for 2009! I have just come back from a four week visit to Zimbabwe. As ...

The <a href="http://www.cair.com/">Council of Islamic Relations </a>calls the Israeli attack on Gaza a "disproportionate and counterproductive ... The ...

Robert S. McElvaine The financial crisis. ... that quaint period, the thirties, when the huge middle class ...

Dear Santa,</p> <p>I remember how Christmas used to be when I was a little girl: waking up early Christmas morning, racing downstairs to see the presents and unwrapping gifts.</p> ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> So here's the cold, hard, unvarnished economic truth about ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> As the holiday season approaches, America's families will g ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Recently, West Side Chicago folks went down to the state Capitol ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> After being hit hard in the press over taking private jets to ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>In a recent <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/25/barbara-walters-interview_ ...

<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5t_VeoxZA"></a>As per usual, on Friday, we had all sorts of Buy Nothing Day festivities (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Jim Wallis What is the responsibility of Christians? Many Americans are angry about this financial crisis, an ...

Diana Butler Bass Honest preaching in difficult days. For Catholics and mainline Protestants, the weekly Sunda ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>When you are giving thanks this week, why not give thanks for money? Sound crass? It shouldn ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Sen. Gramm has been credited with coining the term "preda ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Since the early 1990s, a guerrilla campaign has been waged by ...

<p>The day after Thanksgiving, thousands of Americans head for the shopping malls for a ritual known as Black Friday, called such as it's a day when many retailers move from the red (losses) into th ...

Jim Wallis Wall Street's collapse is the logical consequence of the economic philosophy that governs America. ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> I recently saw a promo piece on The History Channel for their sh ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>The conversation we have on <a href="http://www.godspolitics.com">God's Pol ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Shame on Tom Brokaw for saying, during the recent presidential d ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>Wall Street is now in shambles, worldwide confidence is eroded, the stock market is in free-fall ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>When I was a girl, my mother told me one should never discuss four things in polite company: rel ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> The present financial crisis facing our nation is sure to touch ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> The meltdown of the nation's financial systems has stunned ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> Times are hard. I work at a homeless shelter for single men wit ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>The Bush administration believes this should be a "time of Jubilee" for Wall Street sp ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> As an Episcopalian, I attend a church where the weekly Sunday te ...

<p><a href="http://blog.sojo.net/tag/economy-special-focus/"></a></p> <p>The Wall Street debacle reminds me of the fall of Babylon ...

G. Jeffrey MacDonald Socially responsible investing has morphed into a $2 trillion mainstream industry. In the ...

Marva J. Dawn A biblical framework for understanding money's grip on us -- and how to break free. Why doe ...

Matthew Colwell How to live in the light of God's abundance and provision. Theologian Ched Myers characte ...

Katharine M. Preston How community-based investing transforms individuals - and religious institutions. The Fi ...

Rose Marie Berger Mark Betz The U.S. Congress appropriated $18.4 billion dollars in 200 ...

Marty Jezer Why incremental reform is not the solution. Advocates of campaign finance reform a ...

Chuck Collins William H. Gates Sr William Gates Sr.—whose son is Microsoft founder Bill ...

Will Willimon Okay, so it's not such good news for everybody. Some time ago I was returning from a preach ...

Rose Marie Berger Susannah Hunter Americans are looking for socially responsible corpor ...

Rose Marie Berger Susannah Hunter 54 percent of global billionaires are in the United S ...

David Batstone Grameen Bank operates beyond the bottom line to benefit those at the bottom of the line. Fatem ...

Holly Lebowitz Rossi Some of the wealthiest people in America are seeking justice instead of tax shelters. It ...

Holly Lebowitz Rossi While initially costing a company more in wages, a living wage stimulates an "upward spiral" of indirect be ...

Julie Polter NAME: Roger Rath AGE: 51 OCCUPATION/VOCATION: Investment advisor and senior vice president at a Baltimore-area brokerage and ...

Jim Wallis Let the good times roll! President Bill Clinton was absolutely beaming as he reported the U.S. Census Bureau's annual pov ...